Flytrap



FLYTRAP.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 27, |920.

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FLYTRAP. APPLCATION FIILED SEPT. 27. 192Q. 1,374,539, Patented Apr. 129192i.

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Unirse sraagg tartar @time MAURICE E. WILsON, or PERRYQOHIO.;

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App'ncatiqn med'september 2 7, 1929.* seria; Nijhnaoeaf 5- Vfollowing isa specification.

This invention is an improvement on a Hytrap disclosed in my U. S.Patent #1132141 dated March 16, 1915,l whichshows a cage in which is amovable plate adapted to support a sheet of sticky Hy paper and which ismovable toward the open end of the cage, whereby the cage may be placedover a Hy on a ceiling or the like, and the Hy will then be caught bythe Hy paper.

The object of the present invention is to improve the cage structure and'also the Hy paper holder, whereby the holder will receive triangularsheets of fly paper as such sheets are ordinarily made.

lThe invention is shown in the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1is a side elevation of the device. Fig. 2 is a top plan. Fig. 3 is avertical cross-section. Fig. 4 is a perspective of the paper retainingmember. Fig. 5 is a perspective of one of the clamps used to hold thepaper. Fig. 6 is a fragmentary perspective of a piece of Hy papernotched to fit vertical guide rods in the trap.

The device comprises upper and lower rectangular frames 1 and 2 spacedapart by vertical guide rods 3. Mounted on the rods between the frames 1and 2 is a rectangular frame 4 havingl strips 5 connected to a ring 6 atthe center. This member 4 forms a seat or holder for the Hy paper, andis connected by rods 62L to a handle 7 by` which the device ismanipulated. Tension springs 8 are coiled around the corner rods 3 andare fastened at one end to the lower frame 2 and at the other end to thesliding frame 4. A frame 9 is mounted on the rods 3, to slide up anddown thereon with the frame 4, and serves asa clamp, the edge ofthesheet of Hy paper 13 being clamped between the frames 4 and 9, and heldby clips lengaging said frames. The paper is notched as indicated at 14to Ht the rods 3, and the frame 9 is provided with wires 10 to assist inretaining the paper in place.

Cloth strips 11 are mounted on the rods 3 and are attached at one end tothe upper frame 1 and at the other end to the clamping frame 9. Attachedto the strips 11 and the frames 1 and 9 is a Hexible netting 12 which.forms'a cage extending around the upper part of the device. The strips11 and netting 12 may be collapsed when the frames 4 and 9 are pushed upagainst the tension of the springs Y `Specflcaton of Letters.'Eratenvt..v 12,1921.

To insert the Hy paper4 13 the frame 8 is Y lifted up to the positionshown in dotted lines in Fig. 3 and the paper is dropped `through thetopon tothe frame 4, 'the notches 14 registered with the rods 3. VvTheframel 9 is then dropped and clamped to the frame 4 by the clips 15.This holds the Hy paper securely in place. lt` can be removed by thereverse operation, to substitute `anotherlpieceof paper. The frames'4and 9 engage the sheet of paper around the uncovered border 18. Y

In operation, the device is lifted to the ceiling, for example, with theframe 1 against the ceiling and around `the flies to be caught. Then theframes 4 and9 and the paper carried thereby are slid upon the rods 3against the tension of the springs 8, and the Hies becoming disturbeddrop against paperV and are thereby caught, the action being performedby lifting up on the handle 7. The cage parts 11 and 12 collapse whenthe paper is lifted, and when the pressure is released the springs 8restore the parts to original position. Y

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1. An insect destroying device comprising a collapsible cage portion, aframeV connected to one end of said cage and carrying a vsheet ofmaterial coated withan adhesive,

and a handle connected to said frame whereby it mayl be moved toward theopeny end of the cage.

- 2. An insect destroying device comprising upper and lower frames andguide rods connecting the same, a paper holding frame slid able up anddown on the rods, a cage between the paper holding frame and the upperframe, means to slide the paper lholding frame toward the upper frame,and springs to return the paper holding frame to original position. Y

' 3. An insectdestroying device comprising upper and lower frames andguide rods connecting the same,`aHexible cage extending around Vsaid,guide rods adjacent the upper frame, a paper holding frame slidablymounted lon said guide rods between the upper and lower frames, a handleconnected Vtothe paper holding frame to slide the same toward the upperframe, and springs connected to the-paper holding frame to return thesame to original position.

4. An insect destroying kdevice comprising an open ended frame, acollapsible'cage extending around the same, a pair of paper clampingframes slidable in said frame, and

connected to one end of the cage, means to advance said paper holdingframe toward the open end of the main frame, and means to return thepaper holding frame to original position.V Y

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

MAURICE E. WILSON.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. BOMMHARDT. G. W. ROSENBERG.

